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[Logbook of the Beluga (Steam bark), out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 30 Mar. 1897-4 Oct. 1899]

by: Beluga (Steam bark); Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett), logkeeper

Publication date: 1897

Topics: Griffith, Edwin L., Bowhead whale, Indigenous people, Marine accidents, Mutiny, Punishment, Seafaring life, Sealing--California--San Francisco, Seals (Animals), Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, White whale, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Beaufort Sea--Description and travel, Bering Strait--Description and travel, Chukchi Sea--Description and travel, Dutch Harbor--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Logbooks, Sketches, Bowhead whale, Indigenous people, Marine accidents, Mutiny, Punishment, Seafaring life, Sealing--California--San Francisco, Seals (Animals), Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, White whale, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Beaufort Sea--Description and travel, Bering Strait--Description and travel, Chukchi Sea--Description and travel, Dutch Harbor--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Logbooks, Sketches

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Partial log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean, Bering Strait, and Beaufort and Chukchi seas; 1897 March 30-1899 March 4; Includes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead and white whale), seals, and walrus seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, indigenous people, mutiny, and punishment at sea; and pencil sketches of whales. Other places represented include Saint Lawrence Island, Port Clarence, and Dutch Harbor; Repository also has microfilm of Logbook (Reel 912); Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H.

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library